SEC Basketball

Will spent the better part of Friday and Saturday at the SEC Basketball Tourney.  Friday, he got to watch Alabama beat Tennessee and hung out with 4 friends from church.

 

 

(Sorry for the horrible picture, but this is all I got.  We're making memories here people!)

 

Saturday afternoon, he took David with him to watch Alabama play Florida in the semifinals.  They made a quick stop at SEC Fanfare before the game.  Apparently, David is a big hit with all the ladies (and the mascots).  Alabama's cheer squad rounded up Big Al for David.

 

Our friends from Birmingham came up to watch the Bama game.  David and Kirk had fun hanging out together.

 

David and Will.  What a fun father-son outing ... and David's first Bama basketball game!

 

 

David made it through the Bama game and half of the other semi-final game (Vandy vs. Ole Miss) before they headed home.

 

So glad my guys had such a fun time!

Tiny Olympians

I volunteered to help with the "Olympics" at David's preschool back in October. 

 

{I really just volunteered so I could go take pictures.}

 

Here is David's class marching out to the playground.  (Each class had their own sign.)  I love the hand print owl!

 

 

Class photo.

 

 

David and his best buddy J.  He is dying to have him over to play.  The mommies need to get it worked out.

 

A better picture of the sign.  So cute!

 

 

Time to get started!  There were 4 Pre-K classes and 4 events.

 

 

 

First event: parachute play.

 

Event #2: Hit the bucket (I'm not really sure what it was called ... they were trying to throw a spear made of drinking straws into a wastebasket.)

 

 

Event #3: bag toss.  It looks like he threw his bag behind him, but he really didn't.

 

Event 4: obstacle course

 

David's friend J.

Claire was an excellent helper!  Doesn't she look thrilled to be there?

 

Balance beam on the obstacle course.

 

Running with the torch on the obstacle course.

 

David receiving his medal from his teacher.

Spring Soccer for David

David played soccer for the first time this year.  He was a little hesitant at first, but actually ended up having a pretty good season.  Assuming you call scoring a goal in your first game then never caring to touch the ball again a "good" season.  I give him props for staying on the field and running back and forth in the right direction, which seems to be a problem for many kids in the 3-4 year old crowd.

First night at practice.

A pep-talk from the coach.

Time to practice!

First game.  David's face pretty much sums up his feelings about soccer.

 

David's first game.  That is him in the back (closet to the camera).

This is another practice later in the season.  In this league, they practice for about 30 minutes and then play a scrimmage against another team.

Getting ready to run some drills.

These faces he makes are cracking me up!

Big kick!

Everyone loves to crowd into the goal to retrieve their balls.

Deep concentration and fancy footwork.

 

Another classic "I'd rather be anywhere by here" face.

Here's one where he's having fun!

Another big kick!  This is the dad that coached most of their games.

Last soccer game was on a cold and rainy Saturday morning.

A quick team photo after the game.

And then our last practice/scrimmage.  I know ... weird it was after the last game but it was a make-up practice and the boys had to get their medals!

Some last minute coaching advice. 

 

A soccer pose for mommy!

So proud of their medals!

Overall, this was just an "okay" experience for David.  I think it might have been better if (1) the team had a consistent coach, and (2) there wasn't a boy on his team that was completely out of control and a major distraction (by that I mean he would lay down on the field, kick the ball out of bounds on purpose and think it was funny, etc.).  I think he will probably play one more season (in the fall) and then start baseball the following spring.